STRONGS NUMBER H7287


Word Summary
radah: to have dominion, rule, dominate
Original Word: רָדָה
Transliteration: radah
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-daw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have dominion, rule, dominate
Meaning: to tread down, subjugate, to crumble off
Strong's Concordance
make to have dominion, prevail against, reign, bear

A primitive root; to tread down, i.e. Subjugate; specifically, to crumble off -- (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7287. radah

I. [רָדָה‎] verb have dominion, rule, dominate (Late Hebrew ᵑ7 רָדָה,Jon רָדָא‎, chastise; Arabic tread, trample; Syriac chastise, also (and so Assyrian radû) go, flow); —

Qal Perfect3plural consecutive וְרָדוּIsaiah 14:2; Leviticus 26:17; 2masculine plural רְדִיתֶםEzekiel 34:4; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יִרְדֶּנּוּLeviticus 25:53, וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּהLamentations 1:13, jussive וְיֵרְדְּNumbers 24:19; Psalm 72:8; 2masculine singular תִּרְדֶּהLeviticus 25:43, 46, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֵה‎ Lev 110:2; masculine plural רְדוּGenesis 1:28 (Joel 4:13 see ירד‎); Infinitive construct רְדוֺתEzekiel 29:15; Participle רֹדֶת1 Kings 5:4; Isaiah 14:6; suffix רֹדֵםPsalm 68:28; plural הָדֹדִים‎ 1 Kings 5:30 2t.; — have dominion, rule, over, usually with ב‎ person or pop. 1 Kings 5:4; 1 Kings 5:30; 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 25:43, 46, 53; 26:17; Ezekiel 29:15; Nehemiah 9:28; Psalm 49:15; ב‎ of fish, etc., Genesis 1:26, 28; בְּקֶרֶבPsalm 110:2; with accusative of person Ezekiel 34:4; Isaiah 14:6 (perhaps + accusative of congnate meaning with verb, see [ מִרְדָּה‎] below); accusative omitted Numbers 24:19 (מִיַעֲקֹב‎), Jeremiah 5:31 (+ עַליְֿדֵיהֶם‎, see יָד5h (2); see also ingenious conjecture below II. רדה‎; but < Gr יוֺרוּteach), Psalm 72:8; for וַיִרְדֶּנָּהLamentations 1:13 and it (the fire) prevailed against them (my bones), read perhaps יָרָ֑דָה‎ into my bones it descended (Bu). — רֹדֵםPsalm 68:28 is dubious; Grill Hup-Now Che Du קִדֵם‎. יְרַדJudges 5:13 (twice in verse) see יָרַד‎.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular יַרְדְּ וּמְלָכִיםIsaiah 41:2 and kings he causeth (him) to dominate; but apocopatic form strange, read יָרֹד‎ (√ רדד‎ q. v.) Ew Di Du; ᵐ5 יַחֲרִד‎ Klo Che.

II. רָדָהverb scrape out (Late Hebrew id., scrape or draw off, out (bread from oven)); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר הַדְּבָ֑שׁJudges 14:9b out of the carcass he scraped the honey (see GFM); suffix אֶלכַֿמָּיו וַיִרְדֵּהוּ14:9 a he scraped it out into his palms; BuhlLex Du also ׳ר עַליְֿדֵיהֶםJeremiah 5:31, namely, gifts, money, figurative for making gain (most I. רדה‎ q. v.).

רַדַּי

proper name see רדד